Here's an Inside Look at the Making of BBC's Epic Animal Series, "Dynasties"

Dynasties is finally coming soon to BBC America. But before the epic animal adventure premieres for audiences in the United States, we've got an inside look at how the natural history series came together.

For those who have yet to watch the captivating show, a new video from BBC America sets up Dynasties. "I'm really excited for Dynasties because it's a completely different type of TV show," says executive producer Mike Gunton. "The cast are extraordinary. They are the superstars of their world. They have no agents, they're not very good at reading scripts, but, my goodness, do they perform." Of course, he's talking about the animals that the series has followed for years to document their stories.

Each installment of Dynasties shows a certain endangered animal's fight for survival in an ever-changing world. Audiences will learn about the lions that roam Kenya's Maasai Mara reserve, the tigers in the jungles of India’s Bandhavgarh National Park, chimpanzees in the jungles of Senegal and Guinea, a family of emperor penguins living in Antarctica, and the painted wolves fighting for territory in Zimbabwe's Mana Pools National Park.

"Every single one of these stories is set in some of the most dramatic, some of the most remote, some of the most extraordinary wilderness places on this planet. What you see there is the beauty of this planet in a way that you've never seen," Gunton says. "The narratives of this series are remarkable. I could not have written a script that has this level of intensity, of this level of intimacy, this level of drama."

Audiences in the U.K. have already had an opportunity to watch Dynasties, but those elsewhere will get a chance in early 2019, when Dynasties premieres on Saturday, January 19, at 9:00 pm EST, as an AMC Networks simulcast event across BBC America, AMC, IFC, and SundanceTV.

"Truth is stranger and more dramatic than fiction," Gunton says in the video. "And when it comes to the characters we've been filming, that's absolutely true." Check out the video below.